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A month after Illinois pulled state wards out of Sadie Waterford Manor for their own safety, the residential treatment center is lobbying officials to reopen in a new location, the Tribune has learned. The Crestwood center had nearly 2,000 police service calls in 2013, including 994 runaway reports, the Tribune reported in December as part of its "Harsh Treatment" series. Last year, two Sadie Waterford runaways, ages 14 and 15, reported being sexually assaulted outside the center in separate incidents, according to facility and government officials. The Department of Children and Family Services pulled juvenile wards from the 15-bed, all-female facility after an inspection...

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